Ontario station (Amtrak)
Ontario, CA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The Sunset Limited at Ontario station in March 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 198 East Emporia Street Ontario, California United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°03′42″N 117°38′59″W / 34.0617°N 117.6496°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Union Pacific Railroad Alhambra Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak: ONA | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rebuilt | 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Original company | Southern Pacific | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY 2023 | 11,675[1] (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ontario station is an Amtrak train station in Ontario, California, located on the Union Pacific Railroad Alhambra Subdivision. It is served by the thrice-weekly Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle. The station has a covered, open-air pavilion built by the city in 1991.[2]
Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Ontario was the 70th-busiest in fiscal year 2019, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 11 passengers daily (though the station does not receive daily service).[1]
The Omnitrans Route 61 bus operates daily between this station and Pomona–Downtown station, Ontario International Airport, and Fontana station.[3]
The Amtrak Thruway #19 stops here twice daily, providing service between San Bernardino and Bakersfield, and points in between.[4]
History
[edit]Ontario was initially a flag stop on the Southern Pacific Sunset Route.[5]
Local streetcar service was provided nearby at the corner of Euclid and Emporia by the Ontario and San Antonio Heights Railroad Company by 1897.[6] The line was acquired by Pacific Electric in 1912, which continued to operate here until 1928.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
- ^ "Ontario, CA (ONA)". Great American Stations. Amtrak. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
- ^ /https://omnitrans.org/wp-content/themes/omninew/timetables/rte_pdf/Route_61.pdf
- ^ "Route19".
- ^ "Southern Pacific Time Tables Sunset Route" (PDF). wx4's Dome of Foam. Southern Pacific Transportation Company. August 1935. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ^ Cucamonga (Map). United States Geological Survey. 1897. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ "Ontario & San Antonio Heights Line". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- ^ Veysey, Laurence R. (June 1958). A History Of The Rail Passenger Service Operated By The Pacific Electric Railway Company Since 1911 And By Its Successors Since 1953 (PDF). LACMTA (Report). Los Angeles, California: Interurbans. p. 88. ASIN B0007F8D84. OCLC 6565577.
External links
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Media related to Ontario station (Amtrak) at Wikimedia Commons
- Ontario, CA – Amtrak
- Ontario, CA – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- Ontario Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide — Train Web)
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